1. By: LeAnna Roopnarine

2. Basic Job Responsibilities   Consults with medical staff to advise on drug applications & attributes & to evaluate effectiveness of radiopharmaceuticals.   Maintains records, such as pharmacy files, charge system & inventory.   Analyzes records to indicate prescribing trends & excessive usage.   Oversees preparation and dispensation of experimental drugs.   Ensures patient receives required dose.   Answers questions & provides info to pharmacy customers on drug interactions, side effects, dosage & storage of pharmaceuticals.

3. Potential Employers Pharmacists are in demand all over the nation. Examples of some employers are: Walgreens Any Hospital

4. General Work Conditions Working conditions are in a pharmacy, whether it be in a hospital or in a store.

5. Educational/training Requirements A bachelor’s degree is the minimum formal education requirement. However, some jobs may require graduate school & a master’s degree. Employees may need some on the job training, but most places will assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience &/or training.

6. Other Job Qualifications Some skills needed include speaking, reading comprehension, active listening, mathematics, science, critical thinking, & writing. Other knowledge qualifications include customer and personal service, medicine and dentistry, chemistry, English language, computers and electronics, & administration and management.

7. $ alary  An entry level Pharmacist can make as much as $70,000 a year.  The average wage for an experienced pharmacist is any where from $70, 000 to $100,000 per year.

8. Sources of Additional Information To find additional information on Pharmacists in Kansas, you can go to www.kansas.gov/pharmacy or www.pharmacy@pharmacy.ks.gov, or you can read U.S. Pharmacist, a monthly journal dedicated to providing the nation’s pharmacists with up-to-date information. www.kansas.gov/pharmacy www.pharmacy@pharmacy.ks.govwww.kansas.gov/pharmacy www.pharmacy@pharmacy.ks.gov

9. Job Prospects for the Future Pharmacists can find employment with drug manufacturing companies, government departments, universities & teaching hospitals. Pharmacists are in demand in the high growth industry of health care. There is an increase of over 400 jobs each year and an average total of 700 job openings per year.